Mandatory vaccination only when necessary to reach public health goals – UN
Mandatory vaccination must comply with the principles of legality, necessity, proportionality, and non-discrimination said the UN High Commissioner for Human...
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Panama on covid rebound may be new wave
Panama could be on the cusp of another pandemic wave said Doctor and researcher Vigil De Gracia, on TVN-2.com According...
“Urgent” need to limit Ómicron onslaught
The arrival of the first cases of Ómicron, the new variant of Covid-19 in several Latin American countries, has led...
Nearly 7 million covid-19 vaccine jabs in Panama
A total of 6,061, 234 doses of the vaccines against Covid-19 have been applied in the country since January...
Pandemic in Panama in control phase
According to the epidemiological criteria of PAHO / WHO, the pandemic in Panama has been in the control phase...
Time for mandatory vaccination?
Ómicron is not Armageddon - The initial reaction was panic. The world's major stock exchanges fell. Dozens of countries began...
Health Minister meets restaurant owners on bio-security
The Minister of Health, Luis Francisco Sucre, met Tuesday with representatives of the Restaurant Association and the Association of Restaurants,...
No evidence that current vaccines fail to protect against new variant – Oxford
There is no evidence that existing vaccines do not provide any protection against the Omicron variant, says the University of...
Vaccination slashes hospitalization 89.2%
The number of people hospitalized with covid-19 in Panama has plummeted 89.2%, when comparing the figures of November 28, 2021,...
Bouquete hit with a fine for flouting bio-security rules
The Bouquete mayor’s office has been slapped with a $5,000 fine for breaching Ministry of Health bio-security rules. Originally the...
Inequity mutations, and misinformation hinder pandemic fight
Inequity in access to vaccines, virus mutations, relaxation of biosafety measures, and misinformation are some of the factors hindering...
The first image of Omicron variant from Rome
AFP – Rome-The Omicron variant of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 presents many more mutations than the Delta strain,...
